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Description: | A 'Swantype' engraving of Joseph Wilson Swan printed by the Swan Electrical Engraving Company, c. 1905. Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was a physicist and chemist, famous for the invention of the incandescent light bulb. Swan also made discoveries in the field of photography - the caption under the photograph reads 'Inventor of the 'Carbon Process' ('Autotype') and of the 'Rapid Dry Plate''. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph half tone engraving | Temporal: | c. 1905 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Swan Electric Engraving Company | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/22861 | Go to resource |
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